Broom-hanger.



HfA. SHAHENBROICH.

BROOM HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. I. |911.

Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

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HENRY A. SHARENBROICH, 0F PRT ANGELES, WASHINGTGN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 GUSTAV P. WITT, 0F PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON.

BROCHE-HANGER.

Application filed October 1, 191'?.

To all 107mm t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY A. SHAREN- nnoicrr, a citizen of the United States, and a. resident of Port Angeles, in the county of Clallam and State of Wvashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom Hangers, of vwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a device for facilitating the suspension of brooms and other like articles.

rlhe invention has for an object to provide a suspension device of this nature which when applied to a broom or other article is adapted to suspend the same in upright or inverted position; which facilitates the engagement of the suspension device with a nail or other suitable support; which may be readily attached tothe handle or other suitable portion of the broom; and a suspension device which is relatively simple in'construction and economical to manufacture.

The above, and various other objects and advantages of this invention will be in part described, and in part understood, from the following detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a broom having a suspension device constructed ac* cording to the present invention applied thereto, the dotted lines showing the broom and the suspension device in inverted position.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged outer side elevation of the suspension device.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the broom handle showing the suspension device applied to one side thereof.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged side elevation of a portion of the broom handle having the de vice applied thereto, the view being taken at right angles to the showing in Fig. 1, and showing a nail in engagement with the suspension device to support the broom.

Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section taken through the body plate of the device, showing the double-hook member applied thereto.

Referring to the drawings wherein the suspension device of this invention is illustrated as applied to a broom, A designates the head of the broom and B the handle thereof.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

Serial No. 194,208.

The suspension device comprises a body plate 10 formed preferably from a single blank o-f sheet metal curved transversely to conform to the outer surface of the broom handle B and having perforations 11 at the opposite corner portions thereof for the reception of screws or other fastening devices 12. As shown in Fig. 3, the fastening devices 12 are secured through the openings 11 in the body plate 10 and project substantially radially into the handle B.

The plate 10 is provided, intermediate its lateral edges, with a longitudinal outwardly pressed bead 13 extending throughout the entire length of the plate 10 and forming a pocket or recess for the reception of the free ends or shanks 14 of a double reversely curved hook carried by the plate. The hook is in the form of a single length of .wire which is looped with its free end substantially abutting, as shown in Fig. 5 and with its intermediate portion bent substantially S-shaped to form the oppositely facing hooks 15 and 16. The hook 15 is formed by returning the length of wire upon itself laterally while the hook 16 is formed by extending the wire in overturned. spaced relation from the hook 15 to the general longitudinal plane of the double-hook. The hooks 15 and 16 are thus provided with a common side which divides the hooks and which forms the inner side of the bill of each hook. The outer` sides of the hooks 15 and 16 are preferably curved or bent at a slight angle to the general direction of the opposite ends of the wire. The hooks 15 and 16 thus extend at a slight oblique angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the double-hook member and the hooks open at the opposite side of the member.

The end portions or Shanks 14 of the double-hook member are secured in the bead 13 by prodder 17 or the like', the prodder being placed against the inner face of the plate 10 to inclose the shanks 14 in the bead 13.

The plate 10 is secured to the side of the handle B intermediate the ends of the broom and is preferably so located as to counterbalance the opposite ends of the broom when suspended by the member. A nail 18 or other suitable supporting device is driven in the wall C or other support and projects from the latter to receive the hooks 15 and 16 one at a time thereover. As shown in Fig. 1, the broom may be placed with the head .A extending upwardly and suspended in such position by engaging the downwardly opening hook 15 over the nail 18, the broom being easily placed and removed from such position by merely sliding the outer side of the hook 15 against the nail 18 until the latter reaches the inner end of the hooks. By merely lifting the broom, the hook l5 may be disengaged from the nail 18 and the broom may be inverted and the hook 16 engaged with the nail 18 in a similar manner. In the latter position, the head A of the broom projects downwardly for draining the broom head A after the same has been washed or the like.

It isA of course understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction of the above specifically described suspension device without departing from the spirit of this invention to adapt the device to various articles to which it may be applied and to various configuration, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In an article suspension device, the combination of a body plate adapted for securement to an article, and a double-hook member carried by the plate and having hooks opening oppositely toward the opposite ends of the plate and away from each other and adapted for engagement over a support to suspend the article upright and in inverted positions.

2. In an article suspension device, the combination of a body plate adapted for attachment to the article, and a single length of wire secured to `the plate and bowed outwardly therefrom, the outwardly bowed portion of the wire being reversely curved intermediate its ends to provide oppositely opening hooks for engagement one at a time over a support to suspend the article in upright and in inverted positions.

3. In an article suspension device, the combination of a plate adapted for securement to an article, and a length of wire having its opposite ends overturned and secured to the plate and having its intermediate portion bent substantially S-shaped and verging into the overturned ends, the S-shaped portion of the wire providing oppositely opening hooks adapted for engagement one at a time over a support to suspend the article in upright and in inverted positions.

4. In an article suspension device, the combination of a plate curved to conform to the exterior surface of an article, means for securing the plate to the article, said plate having intermediate its lateral edges a longitudinally extending outwardly pressed bead, and a length of wire overturned at its ends and engaging in the opposite ends of the bead to secure the wire to the plate, the intermediate portion of said wire being reversely curved to form oppositely opening hooks with the outer sides thereof verging into the overturned ends of the wire to dispose the hooks obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the wire.

5. In an article suspension device, the combination of a plate bent to the configuration of the exterior surface of the article, means for securing the plate to the article, a reversely curved length of wire overturned at its ends, and means for securing the overturned ends of the wire to the plate with the reversely curved portion of the wire spaced from the plate and forming oppositely opening hooks facing the opposite ends of the plate.

HENRY A. SHARENBROICH. Witness:

GUsTAv P. WITT.

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Washington, D. C. 

